Après le départ des deux cofondateurs de Google fin 2019, on apprend que l'ancien PDG de la firme, ...

While Apple has not revealed any viewing figures for Apple TV+, industry sources say the new "Defending Jacob" drama is a hit with higher viewing figures, and audience engagement, than most shows on the service...

The cofounder of smart speaker firm Sonos called out Spotify CEO Daniel Ek for his remarks on Apple's closed ecosystem.
In a Wednesday interview with Bloomberg News, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek had said Apple has a long way to go before it's an "open and fair platform." Spotify is currently pursuing an antitrust complaint against Apple.
Shortly after Ek's remarks, Sonos cofounder John MacFarlane said it was "significantly more difficult to work within Spotify's 'closed' ecosystem than Apple's."
Sonos, which makes high-end speakers, is reliant on third-party partnerships with services like Spotify, and it's clear those haven't always gone smoothly.

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The cofounder of smart speaker firm Sonos has called out Spotify, after its billionaire CEO Daniel Ek spoke negatively about Apple's closed ecosystem.
In a Wednesday interview with Bloomberg News, Spotify's Ek had said Apple has a long way to go before it's an "open and fair platform." Spotify ...

Disney reported its Q2 2020 earnings today, revealing a closer look at how the company has been affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The bright spot in this quarter? Streaming video services like Disney+.
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Le secteur du tourisme est très largement impacté par le Covid-19. C’est aussi le cas d’Airbnb puisque comme le rapporte CNBC, c’est dans un courrier que le patron d’Airbnb, Brian Chesky, a appris à ses salariés la mise en place d’un plan massif de licenciements. Ce plan a pour conséquence qu’un quart des employés de ...

Streaming video services like Apple TV+ and Disney+ are facing a ‘coronavirus crunch’ in their release plans. The lockdown means productions have been put on hold, leaving them with potential holes in their programming schedules further down the line.
Disney+ is reportedly using one of its key advantages in the market to fill those holes …
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EXCLUSIVE: David Bowie biopic Stardust, which was due to debut at Tribeca next week, is instead to get a live ‘online red carpet’ and screening for buyers and press. London-based sales firm Film Constellation is making up for Tribeca’s postponement due to coronavirus with a digital launch through a bespoke online platform ...

The Quibi mobile app was installed by 300,000 users on its launch day on Monday, according to mobile analytics company Sensor Tower.
For comparison, Disney Plus was installed 4 million times on its launch day in November.
Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg said in June that the company would spend $470 million on its marketing campaign in its first year.
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Quibi, the mobile-only streaming service with TV episodes in 10 minutes or less, debuted on Monday, but didn't top the download charts.
The Quibi app was installed by 300,000 users in its first day across Apple and Android platforms in the US and Canada, according to mobile analytics company Sensor Tower.
For comparison, the Disney Plus mobile app was installed 4 million times in North America on its launch day in November, according to Sensor Tower data. Quibi's downloads are just 7.5% of that. Quibi is ahead of HBO Now's first-day installs, though. That app was installed 45,000 times...

New report finds company is running ads on videos pushing herbs and potentially unsafe over-the-counter treatments for virusCoronavirus – latest US updatesCoronavirus – latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageYouTube is profiting from videos promoting unproven coronavirus treatments, a new report has found, as the company struggles to crack down on misinformation.The Google-owned tech company is running advertisements with videos pushing herbs, meditative music, and potentially unsafe over-the-counter supplements as cures for Covid-19, according to a report published on Friday by the Tech Transparency Project, a not-for-profit watchdog organization...

And ready to build the stuff that the rest of the world needs to stay online during the CoronaCrisis The vast majority of Huawei's employees are back to work following nationwide shutdowns implemented in response to the coronavirus outbreak in China.…

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos says that all of the streaming service’s “productions around the world are shut down” because of the coronavirus pandemic, which he calls “a massive disruption.”
“It’s unprecedented in history,” Sarandos told CNN’s Brian Stelter on Sunday.
Even as usage of their service has increased from millions of people worldwide staying home on lockdown, Netflix is still navigating the coronavirus crisis.
He noted that because Netflix plans “pretty far ahead” on developing new shows, the service’s release schedule is set for the next several months. He said that the challenge will come later in the year, as shows and films that were in production for release in late 2020 have been put on pause due to the ongoing pandemic...

The $26.5 billion merger between the third and fourth largest US wireless companies will finally close...

NBCUniversal -- which comprises TV property NBC as well as film studio Universal Pictures -- is getting out of the Snapchat business.
As first spotted by The Hollywood Reporter, in a 10-K filing by parent company Comcast from Jan. 31, the media conglomerate sold its entire $500 million stake in Snapchat parent company Snap. NBCU first announced that it was investing half a billion dollars into Snap three years ago, as the company was going public, amid other investments by NBCU into digital properties BuzzFeed and Vox.
The Reporter reports that the sale likely serves to offset the reported $2 billion that Comcast is deploying to launch its own streaming service, Peacock, as well as the $39 billion it spent to acquire British media and telecom conglomerate Sky. Per the filming, Comcast recorded a $293 million gain on the sale of its Snap equity in fiscal 2019, but lost $263 million on the investment in 2018, when Snap’s stock price fell in the wake of its IPO....

"This should be seen as a signal to other manipulation services that we are prepared to take action against them.”
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Disney has been forced to scrap plans for a glitzy European press launch for Disney+ in London this week after the event became one of the latest industry gatherings to be hit by coronavirus fears. Disney was hosting the party at the Exhibition London event space on March 5 to “celebrate the European launch ...

Streaming persists as a major money maker for music’s fat-cats. Not only did it account for 80% of the entire music industry‘s profit in 2019, streaming collectively earned Universal, Sony, and Warner almost $1 million per hour — per fucking hour. In fact, booming subscriber bases led to increased streaming revenues for the industry’s “Big Three.” Music Business Worldwide reports they hit $3.73 billion, $2.4 billion, and $2.21 billion respectively, down from 2018, but still impressive. This solidifies services like Spotify as the primary revenue driver for Big Music; a market now larger than the entire US recorded music market just two years…

Netflix has renewed “Sex Education” for a third season. The news was announced by the streamer via a video on its Twitter account. The series centers on 16-year-old Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield), an inexperienced, socially awkward high-school student who lives with his sex-therapist mother (Gillian Anderson). Otis is a reluctant expert on sex but...

Orange a prévenu il y a trois mois de cela que certaines offres Open allaient augmenter en prix contre l'ajout des appels illimités. Trois mois plus tard, les utilisateurs n'ont fait que subir l'augmentation. En ce début d’année, on ne compte plus le nombre d’opérateurs qui ont tenté de glisser une augmentation des prix en ...

Spotify Tastebuds is a new social music discovery feature now in testing. It’s the first move into social sharing since 2017 when the platform made friend activity exclusive to desktop. Tastebuds lets users explore ‘music taste profiles’ of friends. It’s a navigation option that sits alongside Library and Home/Browse in the mobile app. The ...

Disney+ has been available for only a month and the streaming service is already is a huge success for Disney. Not only do you get access to plenty of new and old Disney shows, but the Disney+ subscription is actually cheaper than any of Disney's rivals. For $6.99, you get support for four simultaneous Disney+ streams that go up to 4K UHD quality, depending on the show. Netflix’s cheapest plan ($8.99) only supports streaming SD shows to a single device at a time. If you pay for a full year of Disney+ access, the monthly cost goes down to $5.83. It’s no wonder that more than 10 million people subscribed to Disney+ at launch, with many of them having taken advantage of even cheaper pre-release deals. And that number may hit 20 million by the end of the year, according to recent estimates.

All that is apparently enough to scare Netflix into finding better ways to compete against its biggest rival to date. And that includes testing new membership plans that would reduce the...

L'opérateur historique prévoit une migration totale vers la fibre optique à l'horizon 2030, ce qui laissera encore quelques années aux derniers abonnés pour migrer vers la fibre optique...

Le BARB (Broadcasters' Audience Research Board) britannique vient de publier les chiffres SVOD pour le 3ème trimestre 2019. LIEN A INSERER DANS LE CHAMPS DE SOURCE : https://www.zdnet.fr/blogs/digital-home-revolution/pres-de-14-millions-de-foyers-britanniques-abonnes-a-un-service-de-svod-39894929.htm#xtor=RSS-1

Apple abruptly canceled the Thursday premiere of its movie "The Banker" at AFI Fest.
The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline reported it was because of concerns raised involving the real-life subjects of the movie.
Apple has put on hold the movie's theatrical and streaming releases while it investigates "recently uncovered, and potentially damaging, charges," Deadline said.
"Last week some concerns surrounding the film were brought to our attention," Apple said in a statement. "We, along with the filmmakers, need some time to look into these matters and determine the best next steps."
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Apple's first major theatrical movie is in danger of not being released.
Apple abruptly canceled the premiere of "The Banker" at AFI Fest, which was originally set for Thursday. The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline reported it was because of concerns raised involving the real-life subjects of the movie.
Anonymous sources within Apple told Deadline that a fam ...

Viacom International Media Networks has launched MyMTV Music, a personalised linear music channel, in Switzerland. MyMTV Music allows users to curate their own video channel by tapping into MTV’s library of music videos, clips from MTV performances and events like MTV Unplugged, and exclusive bonus content. The service goes live today on IPTV platform ...

(Reuters) - Orange prépare la scission de ses tours mobiles, une opération destinée à profiter de l'appétit des investisseurs pour les infrastructures de réseaux télécoms et qui pourrait augmenter sa valorisation de plus de 10 milliards d'euros, rapporte jeudi le Financial Times.
L'opérateur français informera de ses projets lors de sa journée pour les investisseurs prévue le 4 décembre, ont dit des sources au Financial Times. D'après l'une d'elles, la décision de placer les tours mobiles dans une entreprise séparée a été prise mais le conseil d'administration n'a pas encore adopté de projet détaillé...

YouTube, which has already sent many channel creators scrambling in the wake of the so-called "Adpocalypse," just gave creators yet another reason to worry that the income they get from the platform could be disrupted or even eliminated at any moment.

The "Adpocalypse" is the term laced with a bit of black humor that many of those creators already use to refer to YouTube's demonetization of their channels, which for those this has happened to prevents the inclusion of paid ads in their videos. YouTube has been accused of pursuing this trend inside of a black box, sometimes with little to no visibility into why this happens and who it happens to. Meanwhile, a Terms of Service update along these lines has given creators yet another reason to worry.

The new ToS goes into effect on December 10, and the clause that people are worried about is the following. It states that: "YouTube may terminate your access, or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service if Yo...

App was unveiled at Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal
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One of the world’s most recognizable companies, Facebook has spent almost a year devising a new corporate identity.
Facebook used to be a website. Then it became an app. But even as the company rapidly expanded, it made sense to keep calling it “Facebook.” Then Facebook started buying other companies and apps, like WhatsApp and Instagram. It acquired its own virtual reality division with Oculus. It announced its own cryptocurrency with all sorts of partners in the banking industry. All of a sudden, Facebook stood for a lot more than an app. Yet, awkwardly, it was still the name of an app...

Sky is set to renew its huge output deal with HBO, guaranteeing Sky’s subscribers continued access to the premium U.S. cabler’s much-coveted fare. Comcast-owned pay-TV giant Sky has a longstanding deal with HBO that gives it all of the WarnerMedia company’s big-ticket drama. With WarnerMedia preparing to launch the HBO Max streaming service next ...

The BBC needs to come up with an integrated strategy to win young viewers, deliver original British programming, and be more open about how it operates, British media regulator Ofcom said in its second annual report scrutinizing the world’s biggest pubcaster. Ofcom said the BBC is “broadly delivering” on its mission, has upped program spendi...